Calf-weaner



Nirnn STATES PATENT FFKQE.

MAX JOHh AHLGRIM, OF ROSE LA\VN, INDIANA.

CALF-WEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of L Letters Patent No, 291,660, datedJanuary 8, 1884.

Application filed August 14, 1883. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MAX J. ArILeRmnof Rose Lawn, in the county of Newtonand State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Calf-leaner, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention consists of a half-muzzle of wire armed with pointed barbs,and arranged over the nose of the calf on pivots of a halter at thecheeks, and balanced by a weighted arm, so that when the calf raises thenose to suck the points will be pressed against the cows udder by thecalf s nose, and when the calf holds the head in the natural standingposition,

orlower, the said halfmuzzle will swing clear of the nose, so as not tointerfere with feeding or be a cause of annoyance to the calf, all ashereinafter fully described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specificatiomin which similar letters of reference indicate cor-'responding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a calf s head in the natural standingposition with my improved weaner attachment applied. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the same, the nose being lifted up as for sucking the cow;and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the weaner detached from the calf shead.

At or about the junctions of the nose-strap a and the throat-strap b,with the cheek-straps o of a common halter fitted to the calf s head, Iarrange stud-points d, forming barbs, and also forming pivot-studs for awire yoke, c, which extends around the end of the nose with sufficientclearance at said end for swinging clear of the nose to support barbs f,and between the pivots d and the bow at the end of the nose I arrange abow, g, in connection with the two members of the yoke and extendingover the nose from side to side of the yoke. This how is connected withthe bow of the front end of the yoke by two curved wires, 2 for stays,the whole making a half-muzzle for the support of said barbs f, andothers, j, to prick the udder of the cow, and thus prevent the calf fromsucking. The yoke 6 has another yoke, 7.", formed on it, and extendingfrom the eyes Z downward under the throat of the calf nearly at a rightangle and a sufficient length to balance the yoke e in a horizontalplane, or thereabout, by a weight, on, so that the nose of the calf willdrop clear of the weaner, except when raised in the position forsucking. I also prefer to connect the pivots Z of the yoke c with ayoke, a, extending under the throat or lowerjaw; but this may be usedornot, as preferred.

This device will effectually accomplish the desired purpose withoutinjury to the calf or material inconvenience. The wires forming thehalf-muzzle may be varied to some extent in their arrangement, ifdesired.

I do not mean to limit myself to the use of wire in the construction ofthe above-described weaner, but may prefer to use flat bar-iron,particularly for the yokes e and k, with holes punched for the eyes Zfor the pivots d. The bow 9 may also be of flat bar, and said how andbow 6 may have eyes punched for the pivots j and f, formed on stays t offlat bar, to project through for being more substantially supportedagainst being wrenched off against the fence, trees, and other objects;and if preferred the whole device, except the throatyoke 12, may be madein malleable iron.

It is to be noted that the studsd are formed on the throat-yoke a andpass through the halter and eyes Z so as to be well supported.

In practice the throat-strap b of the halter will have a buckle foradjusting it to the size of the calf to which the device is to be at-'tached.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The improved calf-weaner consisting of ahalf-muzzle, made of wire or other suitable material, armed with barbsand arranged over the nose on pivots d of a halter, located at thecheeks, and provided with a balanceweight, holding said muzzle above thenose, except when raised to suck, substantially as described.

The combination, in a calf-weaner, of the yoke e, nose-bow g, stays 1?,balance-yoke k, and weight m, with a halter having pivotstuds (1, saidyoke e and nose-bow gbeing provided with barbs, substantially asdescribed.

3. The combination, in aca1f-weane13 of the n, having studs d passingthrough said eyes yoke e, nose-bow g, stays i, balance-yoke 70, from theinside, as shown and described. Weight m, and the throat-yoke 01,forming pivot-studs d and fastening to halter, said yoke 6 MAX JOHNAHLGRIM.

5 and bow 9 being provided with barbs, substa11- tially as described.Witnesses:

4:. In a calf-weaner, the combination, with C. A. HARRINGTON,

the yokes e k, having eyes 7, of the throat-yoke GEORGE SEITZINGER.

